A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pendulum-, Pendelm-knock, n. [17th c. Eng. pendulumclock (a 1688) f. pendulum n. (1643), It. pendolo (1637, Galileo); cf. Pendula-knock.] A pendulum-clock. —1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 354.
A pendelm knock with a caice 1700 Dumbarton B. Rec. 101.
To provide a new pendulum knock for the tolbuith
